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Glossary:
here the words are collected that in the Vahinis at this
site are explained by Sai Baba, complemented with
glossaries from Bhagavad Gîtâ and
S'rîmad Bhâgavatam
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- Gandhârî:
the faithful wife of King Dhritarâshthra
and mother of one hundred sons.
- Gada:
club
- Gandharvas:
Heavenly Angels (RRV2-1);
the singers under the
demigods.
- Ganesa:
the demigod in charge of material opulence and
freedom from misfortune.
- Ganga
or Ganges: The river considered sacred by
Hindus.
- Garbâdhâna
samskâra: purification ritual for
procreation; with the vaishnava's: extra rounds
of japa (50). First purification rite
(samskâra)
of ten which determines all life of the Vedic
person. It serves to get someone born in the
spiritual sphere.
- Garbhodakasâyî
Vishnu: the expansion of the Lord who enters
into each universe.
- Garuda:
King of winged creatures. The great eagle who is
the eternal carrier of Lord Vishnu.
- Gauranga:
Name of Lord Caitanya,
which refers to His 'golden' color
('gaur').
- Gaurakisora
dâsa Bâbâjî: the
spiritual master of Srîla
Bhaktisiddhânta Sarasvatî
Thâkura.
- Gaurasundara:
Another name for Lord Srî Caitanya
Mahâprabhu.
- Gâyatrî:
[see
also Srîmad
Bhâgavatam]
Ancient Vedic prayer to awaken the
intelligence and lead to enlightenment: "Aum
Bhur Bhuva Svaha; Tat Savitur Varenyam; Bhargo
Devasya Dhimahi; Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat":
The original form of the body, the lifeforce
and the supreme abode; that source of life most
excellent, that divine luster we meditate - may
this light illumine our intellect.
(RRV-6b)
- Ghee:
Clarified butter. A standard of the vedic
kitchen used often for oblations in the
fire.
- Girisa
- Gopîsvara - Shiva: a special
incarnation who is in charge of the mode of
ignorance and the destruction of the material
manifestation.
- Godavari:
River, Râma, Sîtâ and
Lakshmâna cross to get to Panchavati
(RRV-1)
- Gokula:
'cowvillage'
- Gomatha:
The cow that gives its milk and the bullock that
is the partner in growing its food throughout
life (SSS-III)
- Gopala:
Krishna as cowherd lad (BV-38),
Gopala is Lokapala, and not a cowherd boy, Go
means cow, pala means he who fosters and
protects, Loka means the World (BV-39).
- Gopâla
Bhatta Gosvâmî: one of the six
Vaisnava spiritual masters who directly followed
Lord Srî Caitanya Mahâprabhu and
systematically presented His
teachings.
- Gopas,
Gopîs: The herdsmen and maids,
(BV-10),
(BV-36),
(BV-37).
- Gothra:
Family, race, lineage (SSS-II)
- Govinda:
(friend of cows) Name of Lord Krishna, which
means "He, who bestows joy to the land, cows and
the senses" (also Gopala: Krishna as cowherd)
(BV-37).
He as the blessing of the
cows.
- Govinda
dâsa Thâkura: Author of
important Vaisnava songs.
- Grama
Seva Mantap: Home for Village Reconstruction
(SSS-III)
- Grihastha:
Married status (BV-15)
- Griva:
Head. (BV-10)
- Gunas:
Sathwa,
Rajas
and
Thamas
(RRV-Inner
meaning),
three characteristics determine the human
behaviour: sathwic, rajasic, thamasic, types of
behaviour, groups of qualities, bundles of
attributes, (BV-33),
(BV-36).
- Gunathitha:
Above and beyond all obligations and attributes
(RRV2-12b)
- Guru:
Teacher, Preceptor (SSS-II)
- Guru
Dakshina: Ceremonial presents made to the
preceptor, by the pupil (BV-41).
- Gurukula:
Spiritual teacher's house, where pupils were
educated.
- Guru
Poornima: The Full Moon dedicated to the
worship of one's spiritual preceptor
(SSS-II).
- Guruvar:
Thursday (SSS-III)
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